Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Charles Wesley Nist ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Charles Wesley Nist
LAST NAME: Nist FIRST NAME: Charles MIDDLE NAME: Wesley NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 23 Sept 1873 DIED: 18 Feb 1947 BURIED: 20 Feb 1947
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Carpenter
BIRTH PLACE:  Fillmore, Washington Co., Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1880 OH CENSUS – Charles W. Nist (6y, b Ohio) enumerated with parents George (52y, b Bavaria, occupation nailer) and Rachel (50y, b Maine) and sister Emma J. (12y, b Ohio)

MARRIAGE – Charles W. Nist (b Fillmore, Ohio, age 25y on 23 Sept 1898, son of George J. Nist & Rachel Evans) and Florence J. Welch (b Decatur, Ohio, age 21y on 12 June 1899, dau of John Welch Jr & Margaret McElvine) md 13 Sept 1899, Washington co, Ohio

1900 OH CENSUS – Charles W. Nist (b Sept 1873, Ohio, married 0y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Jennie F. (b June 1879, Ohio, no children) and his mother Rachel (b Apr 1830, Ohio, widowed, mother of 11 children, 6 living at time of census, occupation farmer)

1910 OR CENSUS – Charles W. Nist (36y, b Ohio, married 10y, occupation carpenter) enumerated with wife Jennie F. (30y, b Ohio, mother of 4 children) and 4 children, all born in Ohio, Cecil (9y), Cora (8y), Frank (4y) and Percy (1y)

WWI Draft Registration Card – Charles Wesley Nist, 45y, of 1432 N 16th St, Salem, Marion Co, Oregon; born 23 Sept 1873; occupation carpenter and joiner; nearest relative Florence J. Nist, 1432 N 16th St, Salem, Oregon

1920 OR CENSUS - Charles W. Nist, age 46, occupation carpenter, b. Ohio, is enumerated with his wife Florence J., age 40, b. Ohio, along with Cecil W., age 19, b. Ohio, Cora A., age 17, b. Ohio, Frank J., age 14, b. Ohio, and Percy W., age 11, b. Oregon.

1930 OR CENSUS – Charles Nist (56y, b Ohio, married at age 26y, occupation carpenter) enumerated with wife Florence A. (50y, b Ohio, married at age 20y)

1940 OR CENSUS – Charles W. Nist (66y, b Ohio, occupation carpenter) enumerated with wife Florence (60y, b Ohio); family was living in same house in 1935

OBITUARY: 

Charles Wesley Nist, at his home at 1240 North 18th street, Tuesday, February 18, at the age of 72 years. 
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence J. Nist of Salem, two sons, Col. Cecil Nist of Arlington, Va., and Frank J. Nist of Dallas, Oregon; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Sappingfield of Pratum; and six grandchildren, Cecil Nist, Jr., and Allan Nist of Dallas, and Charles, Jr., Emmalou and Robert Sappingfield, all of Pratum. 
Services will be held Thursday, February 20, at 10 a.m. at the Clough-Barrick chapel with ritualistic services by Masonic Lodge No. 50. Interment in the IOOF cemetery. 
Capitol Journal 19 Feb 1947 p. 3

INSCRIPTION: 

Nist 
Charles W. 
1873 - 1947
(shares marker with Percy Nist and Florence Nist) 

SOURCES: 

LR
LD
OSBH DC (MArion County 1947) #1295

1880 OH CENSUS (Washington co, Decatur, ED 220, FA#136)

Ohio Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 OH CENSUS (Washington co, Decatur, ED 105, sheet 12B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Chemawa, ED 205, sheet 13A)

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 349, sheet 1A) 

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 65, sheet 6A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 24-20B, sheet 9B)

CJ 19 Feb 1947 pg 3

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